Conducting your summer vacation in the old Porec, we could not get around the attention and the capital of Istria, Pula. We have noticed this huge port city, dropping under the wing of the aircraft on the Emerald Square of Croatia - houses and gigantic cranes scattered on the shore as children's toys. So at the time, moving towards walking along the paired stroke, we went on the bus tour of the sights of the largest settlement on the peninsula.
Long history leads pool. The city, founded as one of the first Greek colonies in this region, visited the power of the Western Roman Empire, was the stronghold of the Venice Republic and part of the possessions of Austria, Italy, and then Yugoslavia. Peoples who inhabited fertile land left their mark here - monuments of history and architecture, so beloved by us, modern tourists.
An antiquity started with the amphitheater in secret by secrecy - one of the many Colosseev transferred to the inheritance of the ancient Romans. Three-level Arena, preserved quite well for such a rarite, had previously accommodated up to 23 thousand spectators, accurate bread and spectacles. Today, the rest of her tribune and the central playground take concerts, festivals and urban holidays, and in the underground moves, where the beasts and gladiators are once located, the museum is equipped. In the twilight of the ancient arches and tunnels hide millstones and presss for oil, vessels for wine and ancient amphoras. Photogenic Mahina, absorbed a lot of blood and emotions, will not leave anyone indifferent.
Wide streets flooded with sunbeams lead to the next sights: the ruins of old buildings, accidentally found during the construction of a private underground parking. After finding important finds, this land was expropriated by the unlucky owner. Ruins of a powerful wall, once surrounding the city, give guests to the Golden Gate - a triumphal arch, standing right in the midst of city blocks. From here begins the path of Sergiyeva Street to the ancient Temple of August - one of the most preserved Ancient Roman temples in Istria, and then to the magnificent Cathedral.
Many other antiquities store the heart of the pool. In the basements of houses, there are wondrous mosaics and frescoes, slightly pitched by vandals, and along the avenues - old Hercules gates, which first open the road to the city. From the Venetian fortress of Castel, towering, like a stone giant, visible all the neighborhood of the pool, and the famous citizens of the Holy Francis of Assisian serves as a place to collect the righteous. Do not forget about the street Zero - Catacombs left since the times of world wars, the ruins of ancient theaters, early Christian Basilica and the Roman Forum.
The pool is good for shopping - on tourist streets there are branded shops and colorful souvenir shops. True, walking around the city in the summer, take care of the water bottle and Panamka - it is very hot here.